This is an analysis of the poem Summer Gone that begins with:

SMALL wren, mute pecking at the last red plum
Or twittering idly at the yellowing boughs ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcadX ebbeff gbbghh ijjiXX XbbXbb kffkdX lfflccXiddiaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010111 110010101001 1101010101 101101 1011111101 11010 1101001111 0101010111 0101111101 111101 1101110101 1101 1111010101 1101011111 1101110101 110101 1111110111 1111 1111000111 01010010101 1001010111 101101 1101111011 1101 11010101001 1001010111 11010001001 110101 0110010101 10011 1101010101 01110101111 1011010101 111001 1011110101 10010 1110110111 1101111101 1101010101 110111 1111010111 0011 1110111110 1111011111 1011011101 110101 100100110011 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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